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• “Are these morons getting dumber or just louder?” The sad state of anti-intellectualism in The United States. (macleans.com) • The best cure for Shit Writing Syndrome? Dan Harmon. A great account by comedy writer Andy Bobrow about how his time on Community helped him become a better writer. (medium.com) • What’s up with that gunk…

• Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself is an hand-lettered and -illustrated representation of the Whitman’s celebrated 1855 masterpiece by designer Allen Crawford. (fastcodesign.com) • A new study reveals Millennials’ uncomfortable relationship with racism. (slate.com) From these results, it’s clear that—like most Americans—millennials see racism as a matter of different treatment, justified by race, that you solve by…

• A thread on Reddit has been having fun pitching honest slogans for companies. It’s not particularly novel — and a lot are too obvious — but there are some decent ones in there. (elephantjournal.com) Now the depressing stuff… • Surprise! Facebook is reading your private messages. But don’t worry, it’s all cool, says Sheryl Sandberg,…

By JIM SABATASO | WRITER Earlier today, comedian and Twitter Jedi Patton Oswalt took to his feed to apologize for a series of offensive Tweets he never tweeted. Here’s a taste: The FUCK is wrong with me? Last Tweet deleted. The victims of the Holocaust deserve our highest respect, not penis limericks. — Patton Oswalt…

• Hey, Wall Street, Twitter’s not dead — you just don’t get it. Will Oremus explains why Twitter is more like YouTube than Facebook. “Twitter is not a social network. … It’s better described as a social media platform, with the emphasis on ‘media platform.’ And media platforms should not be judged by the same metrics as social…